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j NITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERTV J. BETTS, OF MILTON, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF'TO THOMAS A.OONNOLLY, OFKWASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 378,079, datedFebruary 21,1888.

Application filed May 26, 1887. Serial No. 239,431. (No modelf) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. BET'rs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milton, in the county of Sussex and State of Delaware, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Fixtures;and I do hereby declare the following to ,be a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe invention, refer ence being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which i'orm part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 isa perspective, partly broken away, showing my invention. Fig. 2 is aperspective of roller and cord. Fig. Bis a vertical sectional view ofthe bracket and roller.

My invention has relation to shade-fixtures, and has for its object toprovide a construction whereby, lby the employment of a single cord inconnection with a peculiarly-constructed bracket, a shade may be rolledup and down and held in any desired position.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofparts,hereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents the top piece of awindow-frame to which my invention is applied. Y

Brepresents a shade-roller, and C a shade attached thereto.

D and E are brackets in which the roller B has its bearings, saidbrackets being secured to the frame-piece A. The bracket D may have anysuitable bearing for the reception of the end of the roller B, or for ajournal or pintle, b, in the end of said roller. I have illustrated saidbracket D as having a vertical slot, d, which is open at the top, butclosed at 'the bottom, the journal or pintle being designed to rest-upon the bottom of said slot. The bracket E affords a bearing for theopposite end, b', of the roller B. Said bracket is formed with avertical slot, F. Said slot is elongated and tapering, being widest atits top and narrowing as it descends. When the end b of the roller B isin the lower portion of the slot F, it iills said lower portion andwedges or binds between the sides of the slot; but when it is in theIupper portion of the latter it is free to revolve therein, there beingample space left for that purpose.

G represents a cord which passes through an opening,f, in the front ofthe bracket E, thence around the end b of the roller, and thence throughanother opening, f', in said bracket E, passing thence downwardly backof the bracket E or between it and the board A, as shown, a slot orrecess, f2, being madeA in the back of the bracket for the passage ofsaid cord. A

In operation the cord is pulled by one of its ends or pendants torevolve the roller in one direction, and is pulled by the other end orpendant to revolve said roller in the reverse direction. or pulled, itinthe first place elevates the end of the roller out of the lowerportion of the slot and then rotates the roller in the direction of thedraft. on the roller 4either in front of the latter, as illustrated inthe drawings, or back of the same, and in either case the cord willoperate in the same way. Upon cessation of draft on the cord G the endof the roller will drop down in the lower portion of the slot F and bindtherein, the shade remaining at any position to which it has beenadjusted.

The construction described is very simple and comparatively inexpensive,while at the same time it is Very effective and durable.

The brackets may be made either of wood or of metal, and may be readilyapplied by unskilfullhands to the purpose for which they are designed. lThe threading of the cord through the openings f f and its windingaround the end of the roller may also be readily done without difficultyor special skill. If the shade should be heavy or weighted, the cord maybe passed twice around the end of the roller in order to secure a betterhold thereon; but if ordinary light shades beused it will be sufficientto have the cord pass vonce around the roller. Y

It will be noted that the cord passes directly around the end of theroller', and hence that no metallic pulley is required, thus permittingthe iixture to be constructed at very slight'expense. f What I claim asmy invention is as follows: l. A shade-tixture bracket, E, having avertical conoidic slot, F, in its side, said slot taf peringas itdescends, substantially as shown and described. Y

When the cord is so .drawn upon rlhe shade may be wound IOU the rollertting in a couoidie slot in the side of the bracket, and therebypreventing the roller froml being turned by the pull of the 15shade-Weight.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this30th day of 2. The combination, with shade-roller B and bracket E,having slot F and openings ff above the roller B, of the cord G, passingthrough said openings and around the roller,

5 whereby a pull on the cord will raise the end of the roller,substantially as shown and described. April, 1886.

3. In Window shades and fixtures the combination, with the shade-rollerand shade, of ROBERT J' BETTS' ro the cord G, passing over the end ofthe roller Witnesses:

' R. DALE SPARHAWK,

WILL H. POWELL.

and through an opening or openings above the roller in one of thebrackets, the end of

